Range



E. L: BAKER.

RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30 I920.

1,379,954.; I Patented May31,1921.

EUGENE L. BAK R, or 'mmtron, nessAci-wsnrrs.

RANGE.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. BAKER, a

citizen of the United States, residin at Taunton, in the county ofBristol and tate of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Range,of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to cook stoves or ran es of the combined coal andgas type.

eretofore it has been the practice to provide a finishing flange orapron of nickel or the like along the front portion of the top of thecoal burning section of the range and to terminate this flange or apronin front of'the gas burning portion in order to allow proper positioningof the gas cocks which have been extended upwardly from the gasmanifold. .As a result the appearance of the complete range has beenmarred and the proper protection against accidental turning of the cockshas not been afforded.

' One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a range inwhich the front fiange or apron is extended continuously along the topof both the coal burning section and the gas burning section of therange, thereby not only increasing the attractiveness of the range butalso-providing a guard to prevent accidental turning of the gas cocks.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, which ,will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in. the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without der parting from the spirit of the invention.A In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

Insaid drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of acombinatign range having the present improvements. 1; N

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of a portion of the flange orapron and showing more clearly the position of the gas manifold andcooks relative thereto.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 Fig. 2.

Referring to the figures by c aracters of reference A designates aportion ofthe coal burning section of a combination range andSpecification of Letters B designates a portion of the gas burningsectlon of the range. Extending along the front of the top of bothportions of the range is a continuous curved apron or flange 1 andsupported back of this flange or apron handles 6 of the gas cocks arearran ed below the manifold and back out of t e way where they can onlybe reached by placing the hand under and back of the apron or flangg 1as Wlll be apparent by referring to the gas cocks at points where thechances of I Patent. ,gPatented May 31,1921. Application filed October30, 9- serial N19! 420345 turning them accidentally are materiallylessened.

While the improvements have been sholzvii and described in connectionwith a combinat1on range it is to be understood that they can also beused on gas ranges without the coal burning sections.

What is claimed is s 1. Ina combination coal and gas range thecombination with a gas manlfold, gas burners, and gas cocks interposedbetween the manifold and burners and having their handles underneath, ofa continuous finishing flangleoextending outwardly and downwardly m therange and extending continuously along the front of the coal burnmg andgas burnin portions and partly housing the manifold:

-2. A combination coal and gas burning range having a 'gas'manifold, asburners, gas cocks interposed between t and burners with their handlesbelow the manifold, and a flange extending continuously across the frontof the coal and gas burning portions and, partly housing the manifold.

3. In a range the combination with a 'gas manifold, gas burners, and gascocks intere manifold posed between the manifold and burners and Intestimony that I claim the foregoing hav'ing their-barrels vertical andthe handles as my own I have hereto afiixed my signas underneath, of acontinuous finishing flange ture in the presence of two Witnesses.extendingjoutwardly and downwardly from v EUGENE L. BAKER. 5 the rangeand extending continuously along Witnesses: y

V the top of the range and partly housing the ALBERT A. HALL,

manifold. r I GEORGE N. WELLS.

